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As a Michigan resident, I can’t agree more. Also areas like Flint and Pontiac are in need of jobs and economic development.
by cebert 10mo ago
As a Michigan resident, I can’t agree more. Also areas like Flint and Pontiac are in need of jobs and economic development.
- SoftTalker 10mo agoData centers create some construction jobs while they are being built but not much after that. A few people to keep an eye on things, swap out failed equipment, accept deliveries.
- colechristensen 10mo agoGoogle's data center complex in Council Bluffs, IA is one of the largest in the world and it employs ... 250 people excluding temporary construction/expansion jobs.
- thinkmassive 10mo agoAre those all Google employees, or does 250 also include long-term on-site contractors? I'm thinking security, maintenance, janitorial, etc
- runako 10mo agoAdds about the same number of jobs as single Costco, except this particular Costco will increase your electricity bill even if you don't work there.
- al_borland 10mo agoI think the news is misleading people on the number of jobs it will create. I mentioned data centers not creating many jobs to my dad, a news junkie in Michigan, and he said he read it would create over 1k jobs. That must have been including temporary construction jobs.
- butvacuum 10mo agoThree shifts of 300 people to monitor and fix things. Maybe 4 shifts because of weekends.
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- futuraperdita 10mo agoThese things don't really supply "jobs" in any sort of way that is noticeable to the surrounding community. A couple hundred people. The idea that DCs produce jobs is basically a false hope given these communities.
- kijin 10mo agoWell, at least a DC fills vacant lots that might otherwise attract crime. I don't know what realistic alternative the residents have in mind, but I'd say even a few jobs is better than the urban decay that's been destroying Michigan.
- futuraperdita 10mo ago> DC fills vacant lots that might otherwise attract crime. Can we prove that the location of this DC is attracting crime? It's not a vacant lot. This protest is because DTE is expected to raise electric rates for the state's residents, so you're costing the local economy in aggregate more than the jobs that the DC is even providing. It's not guaranteed, if almost likely not, to be a net positive on the whole versus the zero-case of a "vacant lot". > the urban decay that's been destroying Michigan. I'm asking this genuinely: have you been to Michigan? The entire state is certainly not some sort of industrial wasteland and a lot of people equate the state to the Urbex porn of the shell of Detroit. This is planned in the state capital's entertainment district, not some semi-abandoned factory area. Most of the state I've seen has been mostly nature, some sand dunes, and woods.